Frolic Leviathan

Frolic leviathan, dance on the deep.
Uncover your face; let us look in your eyes.
Reveal to us whether you laugh or you weep.
Democracy gives you such clever disguise.
We built you from stuff that we found on our shores
and trained you to take care of Nature’s best gift.
But now in your thrashing you’ve used up our stores.
You’ve smashed through our rudder and left us adrift.
What else must we give you to keep you at bay?
If your dance is an answer to terror and dread,
pray tell, is there beast that would hunt you as prey?
Would any fiend challenge the water you tread?
If you are laughing with triumphant pride,
we must break you and tame you to stay at our side.